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It looks that the financial industry bet the wrong way on the biggest market event since the 2008 financial crisis. The Brexit referendum's outcome has already been called 'the greatest Black Swan event of the millennium' (personally, I believe that this unexpected result rather falls into the category of what we practitioners refer to in our daily work as 'king size …-up'), creating, in the words of Mao Zedong, 'great disorder under the Heavens'. Private equity as a highly illiquid asset class tends to react sluggishly but in one way or the other will be affected by this market turmoil – what does this mean for existing assets and for investments going forward?
To do or not to do?
Simplistically, there are two ways of looking at this. From one perspective, clearly global markets are in chaos. The Pound fell by more than ten percent against the dollar — a bigger slump than during Black Wednesday in 1992 when speculators forced the British currency out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism. Similarly, equity markets are down with, for instance, the mid-cap FTSE 250 index suffering the biggest fall ever. Private equity assets can only be affected by this negatively and something 'must be done' about this – now!
Alternatively, one could take the view that due to their structure as closed end funds with firmly committed limited partners as investors, private equity portfolios are largely insulated from such events. Looking at the frequency of the proverbial Black Swan events – the demise of the hedge fund Long Term Capital Management in 1998, the dot-com bubble of 2001, the Lehman crisis in 2008, to name just a few – one can conclude that next to every private equity fund was exposed to one or two of such apparently near death experiences in the course of their lifetime of typically between 8 and 12 years. Nevertheless, the asset class regularly has been proven highly resilient in the face of difficult global market conditions. Therefore, investors would be well advised to stay calm.
Action for action's sake
A few months ago I wrote a blog about mechanistic rules for maintaining pre-set investment allocation levels and as important part of an institutional investor's prudential apparatus. To recall, guidelines set targets such as 10% allocation to private equity, 20% to hedge funds, 10% to real estate, etc. These targets are difficult to maintain when the market changes direction. Investors who enforce them and sell off private equity assets throw the principle of a structurally illiquid asset class, where they accepted upfront its illiquidity, over board. Such investors usually suffer losses by trying to sell into a secondary market where in this situation the buyer holds all power – mainly because their rules state this and everybody else is doing it.
In theory, investors with a long-term focus should have an advantage in private equity, but investment policies are still insufficiently addressing contrarian investing in order to overcome human biases like exuberance, fear and peer-pressure. There is a wide agreement among practitioners that serious investors avoid timing markets. The proven modus operandi is to consistently invest a fixed amount throughout the vintage years, despite the progressive increase in perceived risk, as it essentially gives a countercyclical exposure to the ups and downs of the private equity market. While this intellectually makes sense, there is pressure from all sides and constraints – notably current financial regulation tending to focus on short-term liquidity – that can make it difficult for owners of private assets to avoid the lure of the secondary markets.
Stay calm…
Markets tend to overreact first and think later, offering opportunities to contrarian investors who thought this through in advance. In fact, my colleague Didier Guennoc started looking at this well before the Brexit referendum in order to bring some quantitative elements and allow limited partners to stay focussed while the debate continues. Specifically, he analysed the returns and the holding periods of 1,925 UK buyout deals at the lower end of the spectrum (i.e. €10m to €300m transaction price) which were completed between 1987 and 2015 and that are now exited by their backers. These deals were sorted into four scenarios depending on the GDP annual growth rate that they experienced during their holding periods (Figure 1[1]):
- Contraction: GDP annual growth rate negative between entry and exit (the average annual GDP growth rate for those deals was -0.8% compounded rate);
- Slow growth: GDP growth rate between 0% and 1.5% (average 0.7%);
- Moderate growth: GDP growth rate between 1.5% and 3.1% (average 2.6%);
- Strong growth: GDP growth rate 3.1% or higher (average 3.4%)
The results in Table 1 help us to draw the following conclusions:
- Exits happen even when the GDP contracts over the holding period. Note that during the period analysed the Pound was also relatively weak compared to the Euro (on average a rate of 0.8348 £ per €).
- It is, however, true that in this sample the number of exits (131) during contractions is significantly lower than for the various growth scenarios;
- During contractions the achieved average exit gross multiple is not much lower compared to the other scenarios: 1.4x, at par with 'moderate growth' and, respectively, 0.2 and 0.3 lower than the 'slow growth' and the 'strong growth' scenarios;
- The big and surprising difference lies in the average holding period, which is much shorter for the 'contraction' scenario: 3.1 years, against up to 5.4 years during 'slow growth'. One possible reason for this discrepancy is that the exited deals were exceptionally strong and managers disciplined enough not to keep their assets for too long in their portfolios when the offered price was appropriate.
According to this analysis cash events are likely to occur, even if the Brexit is followed by a recession and a weak Pound. Expect that these exits will be less numerous and performed by managers with strong skills in identifying and seizing the opportunity for disinvestments. These findings provide some pointers for owners of private assets where to look first for assessing the resilience of their portfolios to the consequences of the Brexit.
…and don't trigger Article 50
However, this analysis would not be complete without taking one last element into account. Deals during the 'contraction' period were mostly invested during the period 2007-2008 and divested around the years 2009-2011. During this exit phase and until now, asset prices have highly benefited from the intervention of the central banks – actors that may not be able to play a similar positive role in the near future.
Particularly in the current environment of turmoil we must not forget the clichéd disclaimer that past performance is not indicative of future results. Macro and micro economic structures that provided for the UK's growth for so long are not a given any longer. Moreover, and probably more than ever, the political uncertainty in London, Brussels and the European capitals is likely to be protracted. How strongly should investors with allocations to private equity be worried? When China was at the verge of collapsing, Mao Zedong dispassionately concluded that there was 'great disorder under the Heavens and the situation is excellent.'
Is the situation excellent?
Today only few would consider the situation 'excellent' but secondary buyers with sufficient dry powder certainly belong to this group: despite of what was argued before, a significant number of limited partners are likely to fall victim to the herd mentality that usually plagues markets in such times and try to exit their funds prematurely. Fund managers will probably be less sanguine. The UK's status as a hub to access clients and markets across the European Union is likely to change. It is possible that the UK asset and fund managers' disrupted access to EU investors will for some period have a negative impact on fund raising. On the other hand, alternative investing to a large degree is even thriving on change, for instance, by targeting industries in need of restructuring – this time it will be the financial industry itself that will be experiencing a seismic shift. Indeed, from this perspective the future may be excellent for private equity.
As several wise men have observed, it is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. Most economic models are of limited use during periods of 'great disorder'. In such a situation, owners of private assets should analyse their specific portfolio first and avoid the temptation of following the herd. Maybe other limited partners invested in the same funds are now willing to sell at a bargain price? Indeed, it is import to consider the various options from the perspective of competitors and other major market participants faced with different constraints and pursuing own objectives.[2] Putting oneself into the others' shoes helps in this competitive environment to identify weaknesses, challenge assumptions, and anticipate potential opportunities. Insights gained from such an exercise allow developing a strategy to survive and prosper while others are still confused.
[1] The figure shows the annual growth rate of the UK's GDP (volume) from 1985 to 2013 (source: Eurostat).
[2] In this context I should mention the 3rd Risk Management Symposium (13-14th December 2016) we are currently organizing with the Private Equity Institute at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. At this occasion Professor Philip Sabin of the King's College will discuss and explain how to use strategic simulations and role playing, also known as 'war gaming' as tool to prepare for the unexpected in an uncertain environment. The Symposium's program is close to final and you can already register here: http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/faculty-research/privateequity/events/risk-management-symposium-2016


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Mojito21 Review (& discount code!)
I was lucky enough to be sent these incredible high waisted vintage culottes to review by the catchily named 'Mojito21'. Anything this colourful is a-okay with me, and the fact they are culottes made me so happy - the pockets are a cute touch and I fit into a 10 so I was actually buzzing! Their Instagram @mojito21vintage is so full of to-die-for pieces at affordable prices and the clothes are modelled beautifully - the pictures alone are worth a follow! Seriously though, one thing I hate is when clothes are being sold but are photographed with no imagination. (Perils of being a photographers girlfriend, you notice all these things!) With Mojito21 however, you get to see how the clothes should be worn and how good you could actually look! If you want to pick up a decent pair of vintage Levi's or versatile shirts you can also visit them at www.mojito21.bigcartel.com and they are offering a 10% discount to anyone who uses the discount code: 'CODIE' which gives you even more reason to treat yourself! Mojito21's clothes are authentically vintage, clothes that have the magic of having lived a whole other adventure before being bought by you! They also have amazing customer service and if you're looking for something in particular, they will keep an eye out especially for you! Unbeatable.

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Independence Day celebrations
The Resident District Commissioner for Bugiri District, Mr. Kamugisha Vincent has called upon the parents in Bugiri district to support their children attain the best education. He said this during the Independence Day celebrations which took place on Tuesday 31st October 2017 at Iwemba Primary School in Bugiri District which he presided over as the Guest of Honor.
He said that the Education standards are not improving as expected because the parents where partly not doing their responsibility in providing requirements and feeding the children while at schools. He added that much as teachers try to play their role, they cannot achieve much when teaching hungry children.
He further thanked development partners whom he said where supporting government improve on service delivery adding that the Nutrition multi sectoral projecting operating in 100 schools in Bugiri would go a long way in handling nutrition issues among the children.
He called upon parents to educate their children to get skills and not jobs adding that if the children get skills, they would join or even start personal businesses rather than spending a lot of time looking for jobs.
He cautioned teachers about abseentism, encouraging them to play their role to their best when they go schools.
The District Chairman, Hajji Azalwa. B. Malijan observed that he expected the status of roads in the District to improve noting that the costs of construction would go down with the road equipment that the district received from the Ministry.
He called upon civil servants to continuing serving diligently as government works at reviewing their salaries. He informed the people that the Minister of Local government had communicated about the forthcoming Town Councils of Namayemba, Busowa and Nankoma adding that he expected the Chief Administrative Officer to post staff on assignment to start those administrative units.
He thanked all stakeholders who played a role in ensuring that Bugiri district gets those new Town Councils.
The Chief Administrative Officer, Mr. Kaija Ruhweza Samuel observed that government was determined to offer quality education to the Ugandan children. He said that each parish in Bugiri had a Primary School and he had submitted to the Ministry the four (4) sub Counties without secondary schools for further action to be taken. He encouraged the people to participate and benefit from government programmes like Operation Wealth Creation, Youth livelihood programme and Uganda Women Empowerment Programme among others.


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The Federal Member for Aston, the Hon Alan Tudge MP, says Dan Andrews has abandoned Melbourne's east by spending $640 million to scrap the East West Link yet planning to hit eastern suburbs motorists with extended tolls for a western suburbs tunnel. This week, Premier Andrews said he wanted to build... ... (01-May)
The Australian: Sitting alongside the Tax White Paper is the development of the Federation White Paper. It may not get people as excited as tax changes, but federation reform could be equally far-reaching. This will be on the agenda for the COAG leaders meeting this week. There is a gene... ... (17-Apr)
The Federal Member for Aston, the Hon Alan Tudge MP, hosted the Assistant Infrastructure Minister and the RACV at a local Roads & Infrastructure Forum yesterday to discuss community concerns and infrastructure priorities. Mr Tudge hosted the community forum with guests Assistant Min... ... (17-Apr)
The Federal Member for Aston, the Hon Alan Tudge MP, has presented a lone pine tree and commemorative plaque to every school in Knox to commemorate the centenary of Anzac. Mr Tudge presented the trees, plaque and a copy of Ray Peace's Knox Anzacs – 1914-1919 book to the school captains of each prima... ... (17-Apr)
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The Federal Member for Aston, Hon Alan Tudge MP, has welcomed the announcement of a National Ice Action Strategy to tackle the growing ice epidemic in Knox. Announced by the Prime Minister and Minister for Justice, the National Ice Action Strategy will coordinate action from all levels of government... ... (09-Apr)
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Paddle for Peace: Protesting the Site C Dam
A journey from Vancouver to Fort St. John and back, a bus filled with people of all ages looking for a new vision for BC, July 7 – 11, 2016.
Rolling Justice Bus spokesperson, Janet Gray, Regional Representative for BC-Yukon KAIROS, explains why this bus trip to the Paddle for the Peace event is important:
"We're calling this journey to the Peace River the Awaken the Giant tour because we think that the people of BC haven't been paying attention to what's been happening in the northern part of our province over the past decade or so. The rapid industrialization of the north- fracking, LNG projects, pipelines, Site C dam construction- all of these initiatives represent a way of thinking about development and resources that disconnect us from the earth and from each other."
"Aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities are being divided by what government and industry are doing and the rest of BC remains silent. We think this must change. This is not just a local issue. If Site C proceeds, the financial burden it will place on BC Hydro will be shared by everyone."
"The people of BC are like a sleeping giant. Once awakened- once more of us better appreciate what's happening in the north and the consequences for the entire province – the giant will rise up and use its strength and clear vision to build a new kind of economy for BC. "
Full details about the trip are on the KAIROS website or on the event Facebook page.


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Spring arrives at Mississauga's Cottage Life Show
Are we there yet?
That familiar refrain will soon be heard as cars, vans, trucks and assorted vehicles head off to "the lake" for another season of fun.
Doers and dreamers can learn all about the joys and potential challenges of "cottaging" at the Spring Cottage Life Show, April 5 to 7 at the International Centre in Mississauga (6900 Airport Rd.)
Rite of passage
Owning, sharing or renting a weekend or vacation cottage, cabin in the woods, lake house, villa, chalet in the mountains or country retreat is a rite of passage for Canadians.
Looking for that idyllic escape and close-to-nature, family-gathering spot or retirement dream home?
Then join the 30,000 people and more than 500 exhibitors at the 20th annual edition of the show.
"It's a must-attend event for wannabe cottagers who are searching for their little piece of paradise to own or to rent," said show publicist Peggy Sheffield.
Produced by the publishers of Cottage Life magazine, it features exhibitors and seminars about virtually everything dedicated to life at the lake or in the woods.
This includes boats, water toys, arts and decor, food, furnishings for indoors and out, and gift ideas along with hundreds of building products and services customized for waterfront and country properties.
For inspiration, new this year is a finished and decorated model cottage constructed outside one of the entrances by Canada Builds of Lindsay, Ont.
The 120 sq. metre, three-bedroom, one-bathroom modular cottage has an open kitchen and living room, pine ceilings and screened-in porch.
Sitting pretty
Cottage handyman Wayne Lennox will be flush with pride spending the weekend building an outhouse at the show.
This custom privy with a value of $3,000 has a composting toilet as part of the design.
Apparently outhouse building plans are the most popular download of any design-build project at Cottage Life magazine's online site.
A company from Finland will be showing a "great new way" to have a small cottage or an extra place for sleepovers, Sheffield said.
Arctic Finland House Ltd. will exhibit a small cabin/bunkie with a heat source inside that can be used to stay warm as well as for cooking.
The Scotiabank Cottage Real Estate Centre is where cottagers-to-be can meet with more than 100 realtors from across Ontario's cottage country and financial advisers.
Chris Winney of Royal LePage ProAlliance Realty Brokerage in Land O' Lakes will talk about getting the best deal when buying or selling a cottage.
Lawyer Marvin Geist will advise about shorelines, set-backs and deeded access while lawyer Peter Lillico will explain how to develop a cottage-sharing agreement with family members or friends.
HGTV's Scottish design duo, Colin and Justin, will share their story about buying a log cabin cottage in Muskoka with friends.
Sales figures show the busiest area in Ontario for cottage sales last year was Peterborough/Kawarthas followed by Parry Sound.
Cottage Life reports this year's five "regions to watch" for good prices and value are Sault Ste. Marie/Lake Huron, Sudbury, Haliburton, the Kawarthas and Rideau Lakes.
Show hours are April 5, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; April 6, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and April 7, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tickets are $17, adults; $12, seniors on April 5 (and for adults from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. only on April 5); $8, ages 13 to 17; free, children to age 12; $24, weekend pass. Free parking. cottagelife.com/shows


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Frequently Asked Questions
FAQ - updated March 2017
1. Why was the UKEICC formed in early 2014 ?
The UKEICC was formed for several reasons, which included :
(a) The clear intention of the UKEICC is to promote UK and EI contesting, to encourage newcomers and to help both newcomers and existing contesters to develop their operating and technical skills.
(b) There are several 'DX' organisations in the UK and EI (CDXC, GMDX, etc) but the UKEICC is the only organisation which is 100% HF contest-orientated.
2. Why should I sign up as a member of UKEICC ?
To help the UKEICC judge the level of support from within the UK and EI contesting community. We hope you will show your support by completing the easy sign-up procedure to become a member. Currently (Mar 2017) we have just over 300 members.
3. Why is VHF/UHF contesting not involved ?
The UKEICC plans to listen to its members so this may change in the future, but at this stage we believe that there is insufficient common ground between HF contesting and VHF/UHF contesting for one organisation to properly represent both aspects of our hobby.
4. Is the UKEICC website content available for everyone to view, or only signed-up members ?
At the moment, all of the website content is available for public viewing. It will take at least until the end of 2017 for many of the menu items on the website to be fully populated - please be patient. We are approaching numerous UK, EI and international contributors and asking them to either contribute new materials or allow us to use their existing materials. The UKEICC would also welcome *your* contributions to the website, on any HF contesting related topic.
5. What happens next ?
UKEICC future plans include
(i) Webinars on HF contesting matters
(ii) Training modules for you to study at home
(iii) Online questionnaires about HF contesting matters
(iv) A 'mini convention' to discuss the UKEICC and HF contesting etc…etc…
6. Why should I join the UKEICC ?
Because you like HF contesting! UKEICC provides contesting resources and all we ask is that you join so that we can see if we are hitting the target and providing what folk want. UKEICC is self-sustaining, but needs lots of active input from the entire UK and EI contest base.
7. Does the UKEICC run any contests ?
Yes - we run a series of twice-monthly 1-hour 80m contests (SSB+CW) and 2 UK/EI DX Contests (SSB/CW) each year. We have decided not to run any Datamodes contests, but this will be reviewed periodically. The UKEICC is not in competition with any other organisation but just wants to provide resources and facilities to enhance the UK and EI HF contesting experience.
8. Are there any plans to introduce a membership fee ?
No. The UKEICC is run 100% electronically with no other costs. We are grateful for the sponsorship received from Kenwood UK and numerous individuals for the DX contest Trophies and Plaques - thanks all !
9. Who runs the UKEICC ?
An informal group of HF contesters keen to improve the UK and EI contesting experience. Currently (Mar 2017) the small but enthusiastic UKEICC team are : Simon M0VKY, Paul EI5DI, Clive GM3POI, Terry G4MKP, Chris GM3WOJ + 3 software experts.
10. Sounds good! Count me in. What do I do next ?
Please go back to the Homepage and click the 'Become a member' link at the bottom centre of the page.


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The System(s) of the Census Dotmap
As usual, the MIT media lab cranks out amazing stuff- Brandon M Anderson put together a fascinating infographic that maps every citizen recorded in the 2010 US census. The graphic itself is very compelling, especially when you adjust the scale, but what is also compelling is Anderson's description of the process. Using GIS shapefiles, python, processing, Google Maps, and a 17 GB CSV file (!) Brandon was able to produce an incredibly dense graphic. Read more about his method here.
CNN featured this project on their what's next blog and noted the dense population in the east part of the country compared to the west. This was attributed to a proximity to agriculture, but Dr. Adelamar Alcantara of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research here at the University of New Mexico would be quick to point out that there are other factors at play as well. According to Dr. Alcantara, the U.S. census is a fairly flawed system, based largely off of IRS tax returns that are validated by county census records- a system which can ignore low income people in poor counties or in areas without a similar infrastructure. Dr. Alcantara is developing a system that uses GIS to evaluate the number of housing units for the state, cross reference those records with birth and death certificate records, then evaluate the "gaps" in the addresses. A paper on the BBER's work related to this subject is here.
While the Census Dotmap is an amazing example of describing immensely large amounts of data, making the data understandable should not only posit theories about trends and patterns but call to question the nature of the data to begin with. Can we understand a graphic when we cannot assess the information it represents?
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Amazing renderings by Albert Exergian.
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an intricate web presence for the price of a domain name
for architects and designers, it's pretty hard to have a complex web presence without hosting it all yourself. chances are if you're trying to represent yourself online, you're right out of school and you're looking at hosting packages and thinking "I'd rather eat." there's lots of great methods for hosting free content out there, but it's difficult to synthesize them all into one package- so here's some tricks.
for years I was trying to get wordpress to host my portfolio. didn't work. wordpress is really fantastic at hosting text posts, but isn't set up for groups of images that you'd use to put together in a portfolio. tumblr is fantastic for hosting both images and text, but then you run into an identity problem where projects you blog about might appear to be ones you worked on and vice versa.
I'm a pretty solid wordpress supporter. once wordpress figured out they were loosing a massive chunk of the market to blogger just because blogger looked better, they started creating tons of great looking themes (*cough cough* exhibit a…). they have a pretty robust free platform, with lots of reasonably priced add-ons, like domain name hosting and css editing. recommended.
there are so many trashy, inflexible engines for portfolios out there. the one that I feel has a great eye for design, is reliable, and fairly customizable is cargo collective. you have to request to be accepted (don't be daunted, everyone I've recommended to cargo has been accepted), but one on it's completely free. like wordpress, there are some add-ons for the premium rate, but it's reasonably priced as well. highly recommended.
six architects
andrea gallo has created an amazing series of posters representing iconic architects in a stripped-down black and white print. as a compilation these really are amazing, and I can't wait to buy the corb one.
from ::minimalissimo.
dwell on design '10 – plywood office
this years dwell on design has come and gone and, as usual, new products abounded. the focus this year was more on innovative products, which typically were innovative in terms of use and fabrication. there were many manufacturers and design firms whose products and services had sustainability aspects to them, but it wasn't the sustainability showcase we've seen in the past. it seems that in 2010, sustainability is more of a quickly-mentioned prerequisite for design, and not the focus of the idea. sustainability seems to be a concept that is important to be present in a design, but there seemed to be little emphasis on how well the design performed.
arianna huffington recently claimed that the BP oil spill is the first environmental crisis where polling shows that the US population hasn't gotten greener. 3 mile island, exxon valdez, and even hurricane katrina had a correlating public shift towards more environmentally-conscious policies- but there hasn't been a similar shift after the BP oil spill.
both of these phenomena seem to indicate that sustainability as it relates to design and politics could be at a tipping point- either the tide of public interest has hit its high mark and will recede to a more complacent position towards the environment or this movement will continue where previous ones slowed.
if interest in sustainability is to increase and we are to endeavor to live more harmoniously with our environment, it will be in part by designers who masterfully fold sustainability into their craft so effortlessly it couldn't have been imagined any other way and excels because of it. chris jamison's plywood office is one practice that does just that- using sustainability as a catalyst for great design, with everything from the strata of bamboo plywood in the stripes coffee table to tree-less hammock hammy.
wandering through dwell on design, plywood office was a stand out- it was the most compelling work of the show, great design that was spawned by both functionality and an ethos. if we are to become even more sustainable as a nation and as a planet, it will be because of more designers like plywood office.
james rojas' interactive design
it's easy to get mired in a view of design that focuses data exchange between ecotect and grasshopper, performative skin systems in generative components, and scripting architectural solutions, but once in a while you find a completely different take on what design is and what you really should be doing to be creating a design solution. james rojas of g727 and metro has one of these takes on design on an urban scale: let the community members design it themselves. if you haven't seen one of james' installations for yourself, you can't imagine the vast amount of trinkets, toys, and other items that people can use to construct their own vision of their environment. by using either items we recognize as toys or elements taken out of context, the users have a remarkably high amount of creativity and exploration.
read more about one of james' installations on ::industrianism.
beautiful work by matthias muller
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ben anderson sent me some clips he found on vimeo of some beautiful particle tests by mattias muller. gorgeous work.
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ira glass on storytelling
slightly off topic, but insightful and inspirational anyways.
from ::iso50.
biomimicry… without the mimicry.
these shots are from an interesting architectural exploration from the university of stuttgart, where willows and trees grow to become load bearing members of a 26′ tower. as the trees develop, so does the structure and the program.
what 's unique about this project as compared to projects like plantware and patrick dougherty's work is the demand placed upon the trees. in other projects that either reappropriate plants to perform an alternative function or reorganize trees to provide enclosure, this example of building botany asks the trees to support more than their own weight. in the spiegel online article there's a description of how the architects need to manipulate the trees to become load bearing, which is an interesting process of placing lateral forces on the trees in order for them to develop a support for the steel platform.
which calls into question, how green is this? forgetting for a moment that this is a nascent technology and that with time it will certainly become more efficient, it would be interesting to see how much energy is used in weighting the trees versus creating the lumber necessary to frame the same structure. I think this project is brilliant, but too frequently we define what is sustainable very simplistically. for example, it takes five years for the average driver to counter the embodied energy of just the battery of a prius, much less the rest of the vehicle. in the case of building botany, does removing the fabrication process of lumber out of construction create a more sustainable building method or is there an economy involved in creating massive amounts of lumber at once and then shipping it very efficiently? it's a little unclear, which is why I wish there was more published on this process. regardless, its an incredibly fascinating and thought-provoking development.
from ::treehugger.
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Tewa Women United, an organization of Pueblo women in New Mexico, is putting on a benefit concert this Friday in Santa Fe. Joy Harjo, Shelley Morningsong, Indigie Femme and Larry...
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A lawyer with ties to Oklahoma attorney general Drew Edmondson says he will continue to pursue the state lawsuit against the poultry industry. David Riggs of Riggs, Abney, Neal, Orbison...
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The Department of Education awarded a $1.28 million grant to the College of St. Scholastica in Minnesota for an Ojibwe language program. The Ojibwe Language and Culture Education program will...
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The Osage Nation is asking the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to recognize Osage County, Oklahoma, as its reservation. Congress created the reservation in 1872 and has never diminished it,...
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I have again received numerous emails from concerned individuals across the United States inquiring about the severity of Indian-white race relations in Rapid City, South Dakota. Because of the sheer...
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Socialist Worker publishes a 2006 interview with the late Robert Robideau, an American Indian Movement activist who died on February 16. He was acquitted of the murders of two...
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After telling Congress to wait, the Bureau of Indian Affairs says it won't make a decision on the federal recognition petition of the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe of Montana until...
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|I grab a power nap at every opportunity.
See, not a whole lot of colorfulness yet so the mom dragged me back last weekend. OK, I went willingly. VERY willingly. I like me some hiking! Look how much more leaf peeping there was to be had just one week later.
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Venezuela Blacks Out Internet, Censors Apps as Ongoing Clashes Hit Cyberspace
With battles on the Venezuelan streets between protestors and security forces ongoing, new reports indicate the Venezuelan government is expanding its actions in the online clash on social media and the internet.
While Venezuela's censorship of images on Twitter was widely reported last week, a new report from the Associated Press states that authorities have been cutting off mobile internet service to certain parts of the country this week as well.
Internet Censorship
Internet connectivity for the city of San Cristobal, the capital of the western border state of Tachira, where many protests have been ongoing, was only gradually restored on Friday morning, after a blackout that lasted a reported 30 hours, which also affected smartphone connectivity.
"We've had to find out what's happening in our city from others," said flour wholesaler Jeffrey Guerrero to the AP, showing that his iPhone was unable to connect to Twitter. The outage not only affected social media apps like Twitter, but also push-to-talk "walkie-talkie" apps for smartphones and computers that have been used for protest organizing in Venezuela and elsewhere.
U.S. push-to-talk app company Zello said that Venezuela's telecom company CANTV -- which is part of the state-run media empire built by late president Hugo Chavez through nationalization of private companies -- blocked access to its app this week. CANTV handles about 90 percent of Venezuela's internet traffic. Zello, which was also the top app in the Ukraine this week, as that country has experienced its own wave of demonstrations and crackdowns, has reportedly seen more than 150,000 downloads in Venezuela in a single day during the protests this week.
Other sources, like global internet traffic analysis company Renesys, reported website blocking and internet service deterioration across the country this week, though it couldn't confirm if this was a direct result of CANTV throttling bandwidth.
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Meanwhile, according to social media news tracker Mashable, it seems Venezuela's government is using social media savvy to launch a counter campaign online, allegedly using paid government online commentators to "spread official propaganda, harass critics on Twitter, and attempt to steer the online conversation."
For example, Delcy Rodrizuez, Venezeuela's top minister of Communications and Information, tweeted that social networks were being used by "violent coup leaders" and creating "anguish within the population in a large scale psychological operation." The Venezuelan government declined to comment on that report, however.
Savvy Venezuelans have been working around internet blocks and outages, promoting Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and Tor -- an anonymous internet routing service originally fostered by the U.S. State Department with the intention of helping protect free speech across the globe -- to get around Venezuelan government censorship. Twitter has also been tweeting workarounds for Venezuelans to use SMS messaging to receive tweets on their cellphones without the internet.
According to recent Pew reports, Venezuelans are a highly connected citizenry compared to other countries in Latin America, with 83 percent of Venezuelans with internet access using social media and 83 percent owning a cell phone, and nearly a third of Venezuelans reporting having a smartphone.
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It's not just new media that is experiencing pushback from the Venezuelan government. According to CNN on Friday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Madura said in a televised speech Thursday, "Enough war propaganda. I do not accept war propaganda against Venezuela. If they do not rectify things, get out of Venezuela, CNN. Get out."
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Frankfurt; January 1, 2014
My entry tonight is going to be rather lengthy, basically as a compensation for not having written anything last night. But I will tell you all that happened yesterday. Don't worry.
Yesterday, when I opened my math notebook to do some sums, a tiny paper slipped out of it. It was a note from someone and it read..
"Meet me today (31 Dec, 2013) at 11:30 p.m. near the basement of your house.
Do not tell anyone anything about this.
If you decide not to come, the loss will be all yours.
Tear the note as soon as you have read it."
Do not tell anyone anything about this.
If you decide not to come, the loss will be all yours.
Tear the note as soon as you have read it."
It spooked the hell out of me for I did not know who had sent me this note? Why was I, a tiny 13 year old girl, summoned near the basement at such a late hour, and that too alone..? Well! Who could possibly do it, for I did not remember anybody coming into my room, all of the past fortnight? And the note mentioned 'today'.
I decided to don my bravest façade and resolved to go down till the basement at night to see who it was. I also took my fat teddy bear along, just in case I needed some moral support.
There, in the basement, I saw nobody. Just a couple of strange equipment that daddy used on his occasional car cleaning sprees and a toy soldier. I was surprised to see my toy soldier there, though. My family swears by my cleanliness and orderliness, there is never a toy or thing out of its place, once it is no longer in use. I have told you that numerous times. And here in front of me was my toy soldier..why?? And more importantly, how?
Even as the temperatures outside were going for a free fall, a drop of sweat trickled down my back.
In the midst of all this confusion, suddenly the lights went out and I froze just where I stood. And before I could realize anything, my teddy bear leapt out of my hand and jumped onto my shoulder. And, dear Diary, I still don't know how I survived that moment. Just so suddenly, like a flash of thunder, the lights came back and ever so spontaneously, my teddy jumped and sat on top of my head. Yes, that sounds funny, but I was scared to the bone. I could hear my heartbeat as loud as Bob Sir's march past drum beat at school.
And as my eyes adjusted to the bright lights, I saw all my toys swarming into the basement in what appeared to be a kind of a synchronized performance, all to the tune of 'happy birthday to you'. But the words in the tune were, 'happy New Year to you'. Well, what exactly was all this, I had no idea.
"Wish you a very happy New Year, Rose! Welcome to our gala celebration. All of us, your very well kept toys, decided to have party this time round too." My toy soldier spoke up rather unexpectedly. "But this year, we decided to call you too, since we were sure you would enjoy and that you wouldn't tell it to anyone."
"Oh!", said an overwhelmed I.
"This New Year, we wanted to give you a big big surprise by calling you down here and to disclose to you one of the closest kept secrets of the toy world."
My favourite dinosaur suddenly enlarged, turned around and opened its wings. There, by the tips of the wings, were attached two ends of a big banner that read, "Welcome 2014", and the entire basement was filled with the ringing and mildly echoing clatter of claps of all of my toys. Even the mouse was somehow trying to put his hands together. Then out of nowhere, my kitchen set came walking in. The cookers and the woks had developed tiny limbs under them. Behind them was walking my teddy bear, wearing an apron and a cook's cap. I never realized when it had vanished from atop my head. The lids of the toy utensils jumped open and out came the yummiest aroma of freshly cooked food, I have ever witnessed in my life.
I was watching all this as if someone had put a body and tongue bind curse on me. Ha! My dolls had to hold my hand and shake me to restore my senses, before they offered me some food. As the clocks neared 11:59 p.m., the little birds from my puzzles organized themselves into what I think of now as the best ballet performance ever.
As I recollect all that happened last night, when the toys, my toys, threw a New Year party for me, I am overwhelmed with emotion. We had so much fun. Till well past 4:00 a.m., we danced to the tunes of the my little puppet radio. It was the best New Year party I have ever attended. God bless my toys.
I really don't remember when the dance ended and what happened later. I might have been very tired and must have slept there only. Maybe. But in the morning, I found myself carefully tucked in my own bed and all my playthings back in their own places as before.
Oh, I so love my toys. I love them even more now. The very fact they can come alive at nightfall is so so incredulous. Long live my toys, I wish I never grow up.
Renee : Although this story is well-written and interesting, I thought that Rose engaged in some risky behavior by meeting an unknown person alone in the dark, taking only a teddy bear for protection. And this is so well-written through the rest of the story, you should consider having Rose accidentally find the toy party as she searches for her lost toy soldier. You used lots of details to explain what the toys did during their party, which adds to the appeal. This story has much potential to be a story book where each page shows the toys engaging in a different type of party activity.
Sandhya : An interesting format of writing a story – as a diary entry. This makes the narration so much more personal, and can be written in an informal tone. This qualifies very well for both. The anonymous note was a very nice touch.Very well written. You have a lot of potential – do keep writing regularly, and read a lot – that will hone your skill.
Neha : Very well written. Has an interesting beginning. It engages the readers' interest right at the start and manages to keep it aroused till the end. The concept is good and so the story line is remarkable.
Dialogue and characterization as tools to make the tale interesting are very well used. Use of phrases is also effective. Imagination is evident in the dragon and birds performances as well as the invitation. Creativity and skill are very well balanced. It is good attempt.


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Fighting FATCA
FATCA is the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. FATCA was intended to prevent domestic Americans from illegally hiding their taxable wealth in foreign banks, but it has instead created significant hardships for law abiding overseas Americans.
FATCA requires foreign financial institutions ('FFIs') such as banks or investment companies to share overseas Americans' financial data with the IRS. FFIs either sign up with the IRS to send the information directly or share the information with the host countries' central tax authorities, who then pass it on to the IRS. There is no wealth threshold for the collection of this financial information: if you are an American citizen with an overseas account, then information on that account—no matter the amount of money it contains—will be collected and shared with the IRS. The information collected by the FFIs would require a warrant if gathered on domestic US citizens.
The FFIs collect this information because the US government imposes severe fines upon any FFIs found not to be in compliance. Fines can be up to 30% of all of the FFI's revenue generated in the United States, which—if imposed—could cripple any financial institution.
To avoid these crippling penalties, banks either diligently comply with FATCA by collecting and sharing their customers' most sensitive financial information or they choose not to have American citizens as customers at all.
While compliance with FATCA certainly violates Americans' right to privacy (among others), the most crippling effect is the denial of basic banking services to overseas Americans. These services include checking accounts, savings accounts, retirement accounts, child savings accounts, investment accounts and mortgages. FATCA thus prevents many overseas Americans from participating in the basic financial services needed for everyday life.
Republicans Overseas seeks the repeal of FATCA because FATCA violates several constitutional rights guaranteed to all Americans and because FATCA impedes the ability of overseas Americans to access the financial services necessary for everyday life.
To learn more, please click here.
Territorial Based Taxation
Republicans Overseas released its white paper on territorial tax reform for individuals on January 6, 2017. Consistent with the proposals being considered for corporate tax reform, worldwide taxation for individuals should be replaced with a territorial system. Click here to access the white paper.


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The American attitude towards education is in a way much like the American attitude toward work; competition is good, strive to be number one, get to the top and work hard every day. In some cases this is good, competition is shown to increase desire for success and can actually push employees to be the best. It is socially rewarding to reach the top, we see success and want it for our own and seeing the average Joe get to the top inspires us to believe in ourselves more and push for success. That is for a career, not for education. Our attitude towards education is very similar to work, perhaps because we see education as a stepping stone towards a career but these are very different animals. Today we push our students to be competitive in a points based system of grading and to suck in as much knowledge as possible as it is being shoved down our throats. Neil Degrasse Tyson said on his Twitter on April 14, 2013 "When Students cheat on exams it's because our school system values grades more than students value learning." Indeed, one study through Stanford University shows as well that having a points based system for education in some ways encourages students to get high scores regardless the cost and missing the point of education for learning, and programs from Pearson online education are not helping us move past this.
The company has programs that Bellevue College uses regularly such as MyMathLab and MyLab and Mastering for students to do online homework and testing. Pearson reported that 60 percent of the company's business is conducted in North America and is operating in more than 70 countries.
Throughout many college level math and science courses at Bellevue College, students will find MyMathLab or MyLab online offered through many of the instructors' courses, and for some it works.
Some students have found that it helps them learn the material and prefer it over traditional methods. Other studies have shown students frustrated at poor user interface design and incorrect answer analysis forcing excess time spent on certain subjects. This design should be useful to all involved in academics and making education easier for the average student and professor, but it is not.
By removing the human aspect of learning and adding more stress of time and points to the student we are removing one part of the interaction between the professors and the students and indirectly encouraging poor student conduct online.
Some of the most successful classes I have ever taken have been with professors who understand that each student learns at their own pace, that homework should not be a mandatory part of the student's final grade but rather that it is a means of assisting the student in further learning the material. In many ways having this program and system encourages less interaction with the students and more time in front of a screen.
The Pearson online program is taking us away from the things that make education special. We are treating our education as an assembly line manufacturing the labor force of the future. Technology for education in some cases works, Canvas is a great example of benefiting the students and the professors and keeping the community of education in the know, but Canvas is not a program for studying or test taking.
Pearson is, in many ways, the least amount of interaction a professor can have with a student while teaching a class. It is encouraging students to resort to any means necessary in gaining points and nurturing a culture of lethargy for our students. It strips the human aspect of education to the bone and dries up and thirst for knowledge students may have.
The traditional means of homework might not be perfect but at least with paper we can see the thought process of the students and see their growth. We can see where they struggle and where they succeed, and in the end the job of a professor is to help students grow. It is hard to help students grow stronger in something when they are using Google to answer their questions for them.


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text: #BTW17 What the internet is saying about the German elections Many observers had criticised the campaigns in the runup to the Bundestag elections as boring. Despite this, on election evening everyone was excitedly awaiting the results: on TV, in party headquarters – and in social media as well there was only one topic: we show how Twitter and Instagram users commented on initial projections and results. Even soon after the election, one thing is clear: much is changing in the German parliament. Previously there were four parliamentary fractions – now, according to the preliminary end result of the voting counts – six will be represented. Das amtliche Endergebnis - so hat Deutschland gewählt. #BTW17 pic.twitter.com/3B2Nz942eQ— tagesschau (@tagesschau) 25. September 2017 English translation: The official results - this is how Germany has voted. Angela Merkel's party, the Christian Democratic Union (Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschland /CDU) is the most powerful group. Nevertheless, the CDU has been forced to accept significant losses, as has the party's coalition partner to date. With 33%, the sister parties CDU/CSU have experienced their second-worst results, the Social Democratic Party (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschland /SPD) has even reaped the worst results in post-war history. Germany: Worst result for Merkel's CDU/CSU (EPP) since 1949. #btw17 #wahl17 #GermanyDecides #Merkel— Europe Elects (@EuropeElects) 24. September 2017 The online community has been discussing with particular intensity the high number of votes for the right-wing populist party Alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland /AfD), which with 12.6% will be moving into the Bundestag. In the last elections in 2013, the AfD remained slightly under the 5% threshold, and has therefore not been represented in the Bundestag until now. The AfD had positioned itself clearly against Angela Merkel's refugee policy. Initial results showed that the AfD was above all able to reach non-voters and CDU/CSU voters. Erste Übersicht über #Wählerwanderung: @AfD konnte vor allem viele #Nichtwähler mobilisieren #br24wahl #BTW17 pic.twitter.com/qCyR1FOSyj— BR24 (@BR24) 24. September 2017 English translation: First overview of #voterturnout: @AfD was above all able to mobilise #non-voters. Overall, the media expect a political turning-point in Germany – primarily because Martin Schulz, party leader of the previous coalition partner, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), has announced his intention to go into opposition – instead of cooperating with the CDU in forming a government. The sole remaining coalition option was therefore a so called "Jamaica coalition" consisting of the CDU-CSU, Bündnis 90/The Greens with 8.9%, and the Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei /FDP) with 10.7%. The liberal party FDP will reenter the Bundesatag after four years of absence. After the election results were announced, AfD leading candidate Alexander Gauland stated that he intends to "hound Frau Merkel" in the Bundestag, and "take our country and our people back." Outrage over this statement spread rapidly in all networks, publicist Carolin Emcke had this to say, among other things: "Wir werden sie jagen" - wer jetzt noch behauptet, es ginge um "Sorgen der Menschen", hat nichts verstanden #gauland— C_Emcke (@C_Emcke) 24. September 2017 English translation: "We'll hound her" – anybody who now claims the issue is "the people's concerns" has understood nothing. Apart from this, reactions to the Bundestag elections continued to focus on the AfD. Before the election, many users called for high voter turnout – above all to prevent an electoral success for the right-wing populists. Thus, for instance, beauty blogger Sarah Thiele alias @theoriginalcopy.de posted a statement in favour of voter participation and against the AfD: Verrückte Geschichte: morgen ist Bundestagswahl und alle müssen hin (zumindest die, die noch nicht per Brief gewählt haben). Setzt eure beiden Kreuze wo ihr wollt (außer bei der AfD natürlich), aber bitte setzt sie! Ich habe meine ✖✖ schon vergeben! #gerwomany #gehtwählen #noexcusesallowed #wirhabendiewahl Ein Beitrag geteilt von The Original Copy (@theoriginalcopy.de) am 23. Sep 2017 um 6:34 Uhr English translation: Crazy story: tomorrow is Bundestag election day and everybody has to go (at least those who haven't yet voted by mail). Make your two crosses where you want (except next to the AfD, of course), but make them! I've already made mine XX ! And poster artist and activist Barbara called for voter participation with the provocative posters that are her trademark: #btw17 #gehwählen #dasklebenistschön #barbara PS: 1000 Dank an Hagen Rether für das Zähneputzen-Wortspiel, das hat hier sooo schön gepasst. :-) Ein Beitrag geteilt von Barbara. (@ich_bin_barbara) am 13. Sep 2017 um 4:08 Uhr English translation: Now that I have your attention: the Bundestag elections are on September 24. Please go and vote, as it's like brushing your teeth. If one doesn't do it they'll turn brown. Barbara. Shortly before the election, Munich brass band Moop Mama even called for voter participation in a song: Many disappointed voters distanced themselves from the AfD's electoral success with the slogan: "I'm 87 Percent!" #ichbin87prozent ich bin #87Prozent #btw2017 Ein Beitrag geteilt von Uwe Klausotto (@me_ma_pa_pa) am 24. Sep 2017 um 23:50 Uhr


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In 2014, a cooperation between VTU, S. P. and CCE Praha, spol. Ltd. was initiated. It focused on the possibility of UAV developed for the Army of the Czech Republic in The Military Technical Institute, S. P. mainly in plant The Air Force and Air Defence Military Technical Institute for needs of civilian customers. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles offer a wide range of installation options of instrumental and monitoring technology on board for aerial photography in conditions where you can not use a manned aircraft. Other application which is also the subject of cooperation is the possibility of precise monitoring of construction defects, which include cooling towers of power plants, hydroelectric power dams, high-voltage networks ect. The work of the staff of both organizations has resulted in a solution of two supporting projects.
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Almost half of U.S. mobile phone users pay for mobile Internet access, and the popularity of mobile data services will continue to grow revenues for carriers, according to international research firm Parks Associates. Percentages of paying consumers are even higher for smartphone owners 95% pay for SMS, 92% pay for Internet access, 83% pay for mobile email, 63% pay for mobile navigation, and 43% pay for mobile video.
Parks Associates analysts forecast mobile data services, including messaging, Internet, apps, entertainment services, and machine-to-machine (M2M), will generate $500 billion in global revenues for mobile carriers in 2015, up from $204 billion in 2010.
"Popular mobile content services include Verizon NFL Mobile, Sprint Navigator, China Mobile's mobile newspaper service, and Vodafone's MusicStation service," said Harry Wang, director, mobile research, Parks Associates. "Carriers will derive most data revenues from access services, and content services, including mobile music, videos, games, ringtones, apps, and navigation, will supplement mobile access data services."
Global mobile carriers must adapt to maximize revenues in this hypercompetitive market. Wang advises carriers to build a more flexible service infrastructure to prepare for the avalanche of new mobile data services and associated business models.
"Content owners, developers, and distributors can circumvent a carrier's ecosystem to offer content or services through app stores or on the mobile Internet," Wang said. "The old walled garden is porous due to disruptive forces such as Apple's integrated business model. To stay relevant and dominant, carriers must focus on making their networks the most attractive option for content delivery and distribution."
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Ekaterina Pankova: Good that we could cope with the block and attack
Bangkok, Thailand. 8 July 2016. After won the straight-set over Thailand on Friday night at Indoor Stadium Huamark, the correspondent of russiavolley.com has an short interview with Captain Ekaterina Pankova.
– How do you comments about the match today?
– I liked our game, but we still made a lot of mistakes. Good that we could cope with the block and attack that helped us to win 3:0. Thailand team played well in defense on the pitch. It was not very easy for us today.
– Russia will play against USA tomorrow, do you have confidence to win ?
– Tomorrow will be a serious contest, we need to show our best and make the least mistake in order to win the game. We really want to win tomorrow and get into the finals.
– How will the team prepare for the Olympic after the WGP?
– After the Grand Prix, we will be in Moscow, there will be 3 rest days and then we will meet at Novogorsk for training. As time is running short before the Olympic Games, I hope we will be able to correct the mistakes for this time, keeping us in good shape in the game! I hope Tatiana Kosheleva can join us. We will play very hard even without her.
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Discover how teaching man's best friend the doggie paddle can be lifesaving in the future (and even possibly land Rover a gig on ESPN).
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Bringing home a new dog is a big decision. Once your furry friend has finally arrived, here are the best ways to bond with her so you become best friends fast.
From special playgroups to dog parks, pet owners and their pooches are enjoying the exercise and socialization that "free" play provides. Risks, however, are involved. Here are tips to ensure a good time for all.
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